{"url_path":"/sec/rbc/10-k/2026/item-3","section_key":"item-3","section_title":"Item 3 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-05-15","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/0001213900-26-057626-index.html","accession_number":"0001213900-26-057626","cik":"0001324948","ticker":"RBC","issuer_name":"RBC Bearings INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/0001213900-26-057626-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001324948","primary_entity_name":"RBC Bearings INC"},"word_count":168,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"** **\n\n**ITEM\n3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS**\n\n \n\nIn\n2022 and 2023, the Company received civil investigative demands from the United States Department of Justice pursuant to the False Claims\nAct, 31 U.S.C. § 3733 (the “FCA”). The investigation concerns allegations that the Company submitted false claims in\nconnection with (i) certifying that the Company’s employees were eligible for unemployment insurance benefits and pandemic relief\nand worked reduced hours and (ii) received grant proceeds in violation of the FCA. The Company is cooperating with the investigation.\nThe investigation is ongoing and we currently do not expect the investigation\nto have a material adverse effect on the Company.\n\n \n\nBesides\nthe matter described in the previous paragraph, from time to time we are involved in litigation that arises in the ordinary course of\nbusiness, but we do not believe that any such litigation in which we are currently involved, either individually or in the aggregate,\nis likely to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results, cash flow or prospects."}